🚨 UPCOMING EVENT Join Andy Street and Laura Sandys CBE for this exclusive event for CEN councillors and supporters. 🌳 They will discuss why action on the environment is still a priority and vote winner for the centre-right. Sign up for free: 👉us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🚨CEN IS GROWING🚨 We're looking for an 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫. This role is ideal for an organised and financially-literate person, who is passionate about CEN’s mission and can ensure our small organisation runs efficiently. Find out more: 👉 cen.uk.com/our-jobs

A courageous PM would challenge his backbenchers, saying if we want power we have to build new pylons. We have to expand and modernise the grid. But we can build them beautifully. T Pylons have a far smaller footprint and are more elegant than old lattice towers. #PMQs

NEW: The UK is leaving the Energy Charter Treaty, minister will announce tomorrow The treaty has stood since the 1990s, but UK now agrees with several EU allies that its protections for fossil fuel investments could “penalise” net zero push pro.politico.eu/news/175970 💷

🚨 CAMPAIGN WIN Today, the government has announced it will be leaving the Energy Charter Treaty. This will help us: ♻️Remain a net zero leader 💡Boost clean energy deployment 🔒Make ourselves energy secure More info: gov.uk/government/new…

London is in a housing crisis. The winner of the mayoral election in May has a chance to change this.

London isn’t building enough homes to keep up with demand. In fact, for every 10 jobs London has added in the last decade, the capital has only built three homes. How bad has it got and how do we get London building? (Thread)

🚨 CAMPAIGN WIN The government is expanding marine protections around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The area, which is eight times the size of Wales, will protect penguins, whales, seabirds, and much more biodiversity in the area. More in 🧵 below:

London has a shortage of homes, but it doesn't have a shortage of golf courses

+ Sam Hall: Conservatives can learn from Houchen and Street to be loud and proud of their environmental record conservativehome.com/2024/05/07/sam…

Interesting from the TBI paper today. Turns out that telling people the incredible story of renewables over the last few years & that human ingenuity is well-placed to solve human problems is more helpful than telling them we're all going to die.

🗣 "With policies proposed by CEN... let’s push forward a Conservative agenda for the environment" At our Sam Barker Memorial Lecture, it was great to hear William Hague argue for green conservatism. 👏 Congratulations Chris Grayling MP who won the Sam Barker Award for

Chris Grayling named top green MP by Conservative Environment Network William Hague, giving the Sam Barker memorial lecture at which Grayling received his award, called for the party to reassert its green credentials as a way to win back voters Fiona Harvey bit.ly/44Wr35C

What has CEN achieved in the last five years as parliament comes to a close? In his article, CEN's Deputy Director John Flesher celebrates our work across: 🌍 Climate 🌳 Nature 🫂 CEN's caucus Read below: 👇 cen.uk.com/post/what-has-…

From Frances Lasok and Dave Powell: Net Zero is good news- and the public want it front and centre conservativehome.com/2024/05/30/fra…

🚨 NEW: Polling with Opinium shows net zero rowbacks will: 🔴 Lose the Tories voters to the left 🔵 Not win Reform voters back 🪫 Not deliver for the majority of voters who want renewable energy More in 🧵below 👇 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

🚨 NEW REPORT Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay‌, the perfect time to launch our new plan Taking root: a conservative plan for the environment. This offers 🔟 popular policies to: 🔒 Ensure resource security 🦫 Boost nature restoration 🌍 Support net zero Must read 🧵 below 👇

So a fitting end to what I called Uxbridge Derangement Syndrome in a piece for ConservativeHome last year. The utter shame of trashing the Conservative record on climate change – and for what? conservativehome.com/2023/07/27/pet…

Happy WINDependence day everyone!! 🤘💨⚡️ Now just need the turbine emoji Apple 👀

The winning formula for building a broad coalition of voters is a positive message on the environment, tougher controls on immigration, and a fiscally responsible plan to lower taxes, all underpinned by competent delivery. My article in Mail+: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… 🧵